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Buckinghamshire Leaders Social and Political.

C. A. Manning Press · 1905 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Gaskill, Jones & Co. 1905. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce work on the social and political leaders of Buckinghamshire, with 49 plates. In a half calf binding. Gilt edges. Bookplate to the front paste down. 49 plates. Collated complete. A first edition of this biog...

Sharpe&Apos;S Trafalgar, Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.

Bernard Cornwell · 2000 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, HarperCollins, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A handsome, first edition copy of this popular novel in the 'Richard Sharpe' series. The first edition, first impression with full number line. In the publisher's cloth binding with the original unclipped dust w...

A History of the Manor of Bensington (Benson, Oxon), a Manor of Ancient Demesne

Rev. M. T. Pearman · 1896 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.41 | ¥10,126)

London, Elliot Stock, 1896. First edition. Cloth. An interesting history of the Anglo-Saxon manor of Bensington, in what is now the village of Benson, Oxfordshire. The first edition. In two-tone cloth binding with gilt lettering. A comprehensive history of the ancient manor of...

Dreamland in History the Story of the Norman Dukes

H. D. M. Spence · 1891 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Wm. Isbister Limited, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of the Dean of Gloucester's history of the Norman dukes, with illustrations by the renowned artist Herbert Railton. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with ornate gilt decoration...

History of the King&Apos;S Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914

Col. H. C. Wylly · 1926 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. 1926. First edition. Vellum. Volume I & II of Colonel Wylly's history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from 1755 to 1914, with lovely folding maps and plates. Bound in paper vellum with the gilt crest of the King's O...

Textiles in Indian Ocean Societies

Ruth Barnes (Ed.); David Parkin Ed.) · 2005 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London; New York , RoutledgeCurzon, 2005. First edition. Hardback. A collection of essays regarding the trade of textiles in Indian Ocean societies. A scarce first edition. In the publisher's original hardcover binding. With monochrome photographs and illustrations throug...

History of the (12th Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914-1918

Major-General Sir Arthur B. Scott [Ed.]; P. Middleton Brumwell [Compiled] · 1923 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Nisbet & Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of the 12th (Eastern) Division's service during the First World War. Illustrated with numerous maps. A bright copy of the first edition of this study of the history of the formatio...

La Chine

Laurence Oliphant; Francoise Guizot · 1875 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Paris, Michel Levy Freres, 1875. Leather. A French translation of Laurence Oliphant's travel account of his time spent in China with Lord Elgin. In French.A new edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Laurenc...

Social and Diplomatic Memories (Second Series) 1894-1901 Egypt and Abyssinia

Sir James Rennell Rodd G. C. B. · 1923 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1923. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this military memoir, in the scarce original dust wrapper. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition of the work. Uncommon, in the particularly scar...

Some Account of the Monuments in Hackney Church.

Richard Simpson · 1881 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Guildford, Billing and Sons, 1881. First edition. Leather. A very scarce first edition of Simpson's account of the monuments in Hackney Church, in a half calf binding. A first edition of Simpson's account of the monuments of the Anglican parish church of St John-at-H...

The Memoirs of Baron Thiãƒâ©Bault (Late Lieutenant-General in the French Army)

Baron Thiébault; Arthur John Butler (ed.) · 1896 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.32 | ¥23,205)

London, Smith, Elder & Co. 1896. Cloth. The complete two volume set of Baron Thiébault's memoir, translated by Arthur John Butler. The first translated edition. In full cloth binding with gilt detail to the spine. There is a fold out map of Paris in volume one and an eng...

The Days of Battle; or, Quatre Bras and Waterloo

Charlotte Anne Eaton · 1853 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Henry G. Bohn , 1853. Leather. A fascinating account of the Battle of Waterloo, written from the personal experience of an English woman in Belgium. A new edition. In half leather binding. The personal account the of English travel writer, Charlotte Anne Eaton's, ...

The Little Children of the Luxembourg

Herbert Adams Gibbons · 1916 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Company , 1916. Cloth. A fascinating account of the lives of children in Luxembourg during the First World War, by a prolific American journalist. Originally published in 'Century Magazine', 1916. In full cloth binding with title pla...

Let There Be Liberty

A. P. Herbert · 1940 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London , Macmillan and Co. 1940. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart volume from the Macmillan War Pamphlet series by A. P. Herbert. This volume is a copy of a speech Herbert delivered at Bath that remind us what liberties are and what they really mean. The volume i...

Uniform of the Navy Past & Present

W. Y. Carman · 1942 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London , Forster Groom & Co, 1942. Brochure/Pamphlet. A lovely and beautifully illustrated pamphlet on the uniforms of the Navy, with hand painted plates. A lovely pamphlet that describes and carefully illustrated the Uniforms of the Navy from a Sailor of Alfred's time to...

An Onlooker in France 1917-1919

Sir William Orpen · 1924 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London , Williams and Norgate, 1924. Cloth. A very smart and profusely illustrated volume of prolific war artist Sir William Orpen's work in France between 1917-1919. A revised and enlarged edition of An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 by Sir William Orpen. The book is a wor...

Current Affairs No. 29 Development of Nazism

Dr. R. Aris · 1942 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Army Bureau of Current Affairs , 1942. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A fascinating and restricted pamphlet on the development of Nazism issued by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs. A fascinating pamphlet published by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs on the Devel...

A Brief and Dispassionate View of the Difficulties Attending the Trinitarian, Arian, and Socinian Systems; Occasioned by the Fierce Controversies Now on Foot in Divers Parts of the Kingdom Respecting Those Subjects; and Designed to Assist Candid, Humble, and Modest Inquirers in Their Searches After Gospel Truth.

Josiah Tucker · 1774 · Rooke Books

£224.00 (€268.50 | $295.92 | ¥47,254)

Glocester, R. Raikes, 1774. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A pamphlet by Josiah Tucker from the late eighteenth century about Christian denominations. A pamphlet from 1774 about the difficulties of attending various Christian systems by Josiah Tucker.Josiah Tucker was an ei...

The Kenneth Williams Letters

Kenneth Williams; Russel Davies · 1994 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this collection of the letters of Kenneth Williams, collected and compiled with illustrations. First edition, first printing of The Kenneth Williams Letters edited by Russel Da...

The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer

Samuel Smiles · 1857 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, John Murray, 1857 . Leather. The fourth revised edition of Samuel Smiles' biography of George Stephenson. The fourth revised edition in half calf binding on cloth boards of The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer by Samuel Smiles.Biography of George Steph...